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Thursday, August 31, 2017

This may be the last summer table I set as I am ready to start my Fall decorating. Since the house has an open floor plan I really have to do it all, as one area is seen from another. I found this pretty runner on clearance so grabbed it as I knew I had dishes that would make a pretty table! The runner has shades of blue and turquoise on a creamy background. The plates are on a solid turquoise placemat and are a creamy charger, a blue dinner plate, a turquoise salad plate and a blue bowl that is patterned inside.

The goblet is a turquoise with bubbles.

Creamy handles flatware is simple and pretty.

I gathered a plain blue napkin with a flowered blue napkin in a queen annes lace flowered napkin ring.

I made a simple arrangement in my cut glass vase of blue and white hydrangeas with creamy filler.

Blue votives in blue holders sit at each place.

As the sun sets it's time to light the candles. The days are getting shorter and that makes me sad. I love daylight savings time.

Thanks for stopping by. It is so hard to believe that Labor day comes this weekend! Summer has flown by way too fast. I continue to pray for all the people in Texas who have lost so much. Times like this make us realize we have NOTHING to complain about.

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Good morning friends! I am still praying for the poor people in Texas as they try to get through this horrible disaster. I wish I could do more.
Since I am in the middle of starting to put summer away and start on Fall I decided to share Joe's man cave:) It has changed since he started to put the trains up. The room he is using used to have much of these things that are from Africa. As some of you know I had a guestroom at the old house that I called "The Africa Room". My Father-in-law was a pilot and brought back things from Africa and the things they had piqued my interest. So I inherited some things and started to collect things myself. So, let's go downstairs and look around! This is the view from the stairs. Joe chose everything in this room. The shelf unit he saw at Wayfair and bought it before we even moved in here:)

It is wonderful, as the boxes that you see can be moved so you can change things around. At Christmas this comes in handy!

We do watch TV down here and are anxious for football season:)

The wooden lanterns on top that have the copper tops were hand made by Joe!!! He loved lanterns before they became all the rage!

The 2 pictures on each side of the shelf unit haven't been changed out yet. They were in the last house and just landed here when we moved in.

The 2 tin lanterns were handmade by a then 91 year old man and we bought them at a fair, years ago.

I loved collecting masks, they intrigue me.

Here's a close up of one of the lanterns Joe made.

This table was made by Joe's brother and gifted to us.

Looking towards the bar now.

Joe designed this by himself, he had a vision of what he wanted. He installed the stone around the base of the bar and installed all the cabinets. We also have a bar fridge, an ice maker and a dishwasher.

This table will seat 8 and comes in handy when we have lots of people here (like Sat. night)!!

Joe also collects tap handles and displays them on shelves that he made and then lit.

Can you believe that this stone wall is actually wallpaper!!?? Everyone has to touch it to believe it. The picture is Joe's Dad.

This was drawn by my Dad. My maiden name was Martini so he drew his and my Mom's hands holding Martini glasses. He also signed this one, which he rarely did, so I treasure that!

These carved lamps were brought back from India by my FIL.

The card table in the background holds snacks when we have people here.

Since the room is now "Out of Africa" I did the bathroom the same.

This is one of my favorite pieces.

So, that's the tour of downstairs. We enjoy entertaining and do so often. Like I said there were 12 people here Sat. night. We always have fun with friends and neighbors.